Improvement in wash-stands, bureaus, and toilet-tables combined



` once accessible. ing the reservoir and bowl by means of a siphon STATES PATENT Grrron.

N HENRY WHITTEMORE, OF ORANGETOWN, NEW YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,290, dated September '26, 1871.

` To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WHITTEMORE, of Oran getown, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, have invented an Improved Combined Wash-Stand, Dressing-Bureau, and Toilet- Table, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to combine in l one article of furniture the advantages of a washstand, dressing-bureau, and toilet-table; and it consists in the arrangement in a cabinet of a wash-bowl andreservoirwith siphon connection,

and a waste-tankwith surrounding drawers and receptacles, together with hinged doors and a top or cover,the latter having a mirror on its inner side, so 'combined that when the doors and cover are'opened all the toilet requisites are at It also consists inl so connectthat the bottom of thereservoir may extend nearly as lowas the bottom of the bowl, and the water be drawn from the former until emptied, `by passing upward over the top of the bowl, thereby giving increased capacity to the reservoir.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure lis a front elevation of the cabinet closed. Fig. 2 is a view, showing the top and doors opened, with broken sections ofthe wash-bowl and reservoir. A is a cabinet, having doors B B in front and a hinged cover, C,which also has hinged, near its front, a falling door, a, to inclose the space occupied by the wash-bowl when the cabinet is closed. On the inner side of the cover I provide a mirror, D, of suitable size. The space within the cabinet is divided vertically into three sections. Within `the. central one is permanently fixed the wash-bowl E, into which water is introduced by means of asiphon-tube, d, extending from the reservoir H, and expelled by the waste-pipe c, which communicates by a funnelshaped` passage with a receiving-tank, F, the latter being of considerable capacity, placed directly beneath it.l A stop-cock,j`, is used to draw the waste water from the tank. This tankV is placed upon a shelf sufficiently high to allow the requisite space below for the convenience of the feet when sitting during the process of the toilet. The side portions may be used for shelves b b and drawers c o, the latter of such size as to possess the advantages of a bureau. The compartiment g is designed for small toilet articles. A siphon, d, having a stop-cock,h, to regulate the iiow of water, is used to conduct the water from the reservoir into the bowl E, the shorter leg of which begins nearly at the bottom of the reservoir H and extends upward over the edge of the bowl, and has its discharging-oriiice in the bowl at a point lower than the bottom of the reservoir.

The siphon is self-acting in the following manner: When the reservoir is full the water will escape through the tube d, when the cock his opened, by gravity as through an ordinary faucet, and when the surface in the reservoir is drawn below the bend in the siphon it will continue to discharge by atmospheric pressure until the surface is reduced to the level of the short leg. When the iiow is stopped by closing the cock l1J the long leg remains filled in consequence of atmospheric pressure from below, so that the siphon is in a condition to act without exhausting the air.

' My improved cabinet possesses the advantages of a wash-stand, bureau, and toilet-table combined, the compartments, shelves, and drawers bein-g all conveniently accessible during the process of dressing, and concealed from observation when not in use.

I claiml. The combination and arrangement of the reservoir H, wash-bowl E, siphon d, and tank F with the cabinet A, with or without mirror D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of a permanent wash-bowl and reservoir, when connected by the siphon d for drawing water om that portion of the reservoir, when the said siphon is provided with the stop-cock h below the level of the top of the wash-bowl, substantially as set forth. l

i HENRY WHITTEMORE.

Witnesses:

K. N. JONES, W. W. PHILLIPS. 

